The first settlers in Germantown in 1683 were Dutch or Germans recruited by William Penn.

Most of the settlers had a Mennonite background but joined the Quaker meeting.

Sometime around 1690, several families attended non-Quaker services; the subsequently built a log church in 1708.

[2][3] It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1973.

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